Self-administered Mindfulness Interventions Reduce Stress in a Large, Randomized Controlled Multi-site Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 2,239
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Stress
研究概览
简要总结
The use of self-administered mindfulness interventions has increased in recent years. The effectiveness of these interventions on regulating stress/emotions, however, is debated. In the present multi-site study (Nsites = x, Nparticipants = x), the investigators aimed to investigate the effectiveness of four single, brief stand-alone mindfulness exercises in a population unfamiliar with mindfulness meditation. The investigators tested these four interventions in comparison to non-mindful active control conditions using an adaptive Bayesian design. The investigators found [evidence for the efficacy of x exercises/no evidence for the efficacy of x exercises] with an estimated mean effect size of [xx/xx]. This means that... or The investigators recommend that... [recommendation will be provided].
详细描述
Author's note:
The current project was pre-registered on the Open Science Framework (OSF) on March 22nd 2022, which was prior to the start of data collection (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UF4JZ). Data collection started on March 23th 2022 and ended on June 30th 2022. The investigators are retroactively registering the current study upon request of the editor who reviewed their manuscript (to comply with the editorial policies and formatting requirements of the target journal). The following protocol is an abbreviated version of the one the investigators uploaded on the OSF (https://osf.io/us5ae).
The upcoming multi-site project 'Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study' will aim to deliver in-depth insights into how self-administered mindfulness exercises impact stress reduction. It will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of self-administered mindfulness exercises in reducing stress among a large and diverse group of participants. Participants will be randomized to one of the audio-mindfulness exercises or to an active control condition. All exercises and the active control condition instructions will be designed to last 15 minutes. The active control condition will consist of a matched non-mindful listening condition in which mindfulness will not be mentioned. After the end of this intervention, a questionnaire will assess the self-reported stress of individuals with a short-term efficacy span. The study will also investigate the potential role of neuroticism as a moderator, as previous research has negatively associated neuroticism with mindfulness traits (i.e., the ability to be grounded in the present moment; Walsh et al., 2009). Bayesian sequential analysis tools (Schönbrodt et al., 2017) will be used to monitor the progress and to test the efficacy of each self-administered mindfulness exercise (i.e., upon reaching a predefined Bayes Factors). The results of this multi-site project will provide an answer to whether brief, stand-alone mindfulness exercises can demonstrate efficacy in decreasing levels of stress in individuals.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Participants were not aware of the experimental condition in which they were randomly allocated. Data collection was performed blind to the experimental conditions, but data analysis was not performed blind. However, given that all analyses were pre-registered, it is unlikely that the lack of blinding in data analysis introduced bias.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Adult participants aged 18 years or older at the time of the study.
- •Participants who are English native speakers or who self-assessed their English language proficiency at the C1/C2 levels from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
排除标准
- •Participants with a current or past history of mental illnesses (assessed via a pre-screening question).
- •Participants who have engaged in meditation within six months prior to data collection.
- •Participants who do not meet the English language proficiency requirements specified in the 'Inclusion Criteria' section.
研究组 & 干预措施
Mindfulness conditions
Participants will engage in a 15-minute mindfulness meditation session. Within this framework, four distinct experimental conditions will be introduced, each showcasing a unique mindfulness exercise: Body Scan, Mindful Breathing, Mindful Walking, and Loving-Kindness Meditation. The audio tracks of the mindfulness experimental conditions is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.
干预措施: Body-scan meditation (Behavioral)
Listening of a story
Participants in the active control condition listened to a 15-minute story. The audio track of the control condition is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.
干预措施: Listening of a story (Behavioral)
Mindfulness conditions
Participants will engage in a 15-minute mindfulness meditation session. Within this framework, four distinct experimental conditions will be introduced, each showcasing a unique mindfulness exercise: Body Scan, Mindful Breathing, Mindful Walking, and Loving-Kindness Meditation. The audio tracks of the mindfulness experimental conditions is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.
干预措施: Mindful Breathing meditation (Behavioral)
Mindfulness conditions
Participants will engage in a 15-minute mindfulness meditation session. Within this framework, four distinct experimental conditions will be introduced, each showcasing a unique mindfulness exercise: Body Scan, Mindful Breathing, Mindful Walking, and Loving-Kindness Meditation. The audio tracks of the mindfulness experimental conditions is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.
干预措施: Loving Kindness meditation (Behavioral)
Mindfulness conditions
Participants will engage in a 15-minute mindfulness meditation session. Within this framework, four distinct experimental conditions will be introduced, each showcasing a unique mindfulness exercise: Body Scan, Mindful Breathing, Mindful Walking, and Loving-Kindness Meditation. The audio tracks of the mindfulness experimental conditions is embedded in the Qualtrics survey.
干预措施: Mindful Walking (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Stress
时间窗: Day 1 - After the listening of the audio track, approximately 25 minutes after the beginning of the survey
Participants answer the 20-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Form Y-1 (STAI19). Participants indicate how they felt in that exact moment on 20 items (e.g., "I am tense"; "I feel frightened"; ωu = 0.92) on a 4-point scale (1 = Not at all, 2 = Somewhat, 3 = Moderately so, 4 = Very much so). By using the STAI Form Y-1 scale, the investigators aimed to measure the short-term effects of stress on individuals. This scale, after all, has been shown to correlate with biomarkers of stress in previous research (salivary α-amylase).
次要结局
- Emotion dimensions(Day 1 - After the listening of the audio track, approximately 25 minutes after the beginning of the survey)